Shoe.



BIM. WBIR.

SHOE.

l APPLICATION FILED AUG. s, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1.912.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS" upper readily detachab.

upper, plur-.i 35

euere-ni were, er coALINGA, CALIFORNIA SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

.Application filed August 3, 1911. Serial No. 642,136.

Tol all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHAJ. VEIR, a citizen of the Uni-te States, residing at Coalinga, in the countv of Fresno andState of California, he i" v:sited certain new and useful mproreinen in Shoes, of which the following is a specification..

This invention relates to shoes, and While not limited as to its application, of particular utility in shoes for children, the uppers of Wh'ch are quite soft and pliable and do not need to be accurately shaped to lit the foot.

The invention involves the provision of a shoe having a sole which can be readily detached and includes a novel construction and arrangement of the parts of a shoe whereby such detacimiftt can be readily effected.

In childrenis shoes l pliable fabric or l, become substantially While the soles are still in'gocd condition. `Tor this reason.' the provision of a shoe 'the sole and permits of using a number ofy uppers with the same sole so that the full amount of use of the sole is secured. Also, such shoes isually have uppers of various colors and it is often desired to use shoes of different c-f ors at different times, as in matching the color ofthe shoes With a dress. Pxy iii-airing provision for the ready "on disconnection of the sole and pairs of uppers of dififided with a single uppers may be used the color desired wing uppers of soft ferent cola L 'nent of the invenis the accompanying drawings in which@ Figure l is a central section'of a shoe, Fig. 2 isa top View of the sole broken away and sectioned in part, Fig. 3 is a bottoni View of the shoe broken away and sectioned in partand Fig. 4 is a sectional detail View.

Referring to these drawings, 5 indicates the upper of the shoe and 6 the sole. Except as hereinafter'speciiied these parts may be of the usual or any-suitable natllal and' shape. The sle is preferably -a piece of i uppers generallyk leather' of substantial thickness, substantially Hat and shaped to conform to the foot, as shown in Fig. 2. vThe upper may be made of fabric cr kid and may be of any desired color. The sole has a strip or edging 7 secured thereto and extending entirely around the periphery of the sole, this edging being secured to ther sole at its outer edge and having its inner edgel free of the sole, as shown in Figs. l and 4. In the preferred form, this edging 7 consists of a strip l of fabric, kid or thin leather foldedl lengthwise upon itself and over a Wire S, Which Wire lies in the bi-ght of the fold and may be held in place therein by stitches through the striprand around the Wire. The strip 7 is secured to the sole with its edge alining With the edge of the sole by stitches 9, adjacent to the edge of the sole so that the inner edge of the strip 7 may be raised slightly above the sole to receive thereunder the coacting securing devices upon the upper. This inner edge of strip 7, however, Will not rise from the sole farther than is necessary to permit of the proper coaction of the securing-devices because of the small Width of 'the strip, the stiitness of the material and the sti lte'ning elfect alforded by the Wire' 8.

At its lower edge the upper of the shoe is turned inwardly as shot-vn at 10 and to this inwardly extending portion are secured the devices which coact- With the strip 7 to debut they are capable of a slight amount of relative. movement to facilitate the connection and disconnection of the upper and the sole. The securing device on the upper here .shown has a plurality of ioops 11 formed from a continuous piece of Wire by bending the same back and forth as shown in Fig.. 3. The loops so formed are secured vtothe inwardly extending portion l0 of the upper by suitable stitching. In order to more eifectually guard against movement of the projections ll relatively to the portion 10 of the upper loy the wire slipping through the stitches, l prefer to employ a binding Wire 12 extending` transverse to the projections 11 and aboutjvhich the Wine forming the projections 11 is coiled at the inner ends of the projections. The series of projections 11 together' with the binding wire 1:2 may he formed in a continuous strip and there after bent to the curvature of the portion l() on the upper and' sewed to the portion l0. In securiingy the projections 11 to the portieri 1.0 Aof the upper, l prefer to stitch readily disconnected from the le nTo again secure the upper to the sole, 1t s only necessary to slip the ends of the projections 11 under the strip T around the periphery of the sole of the shoe and the upper und solo Will be held together securely. .An iin-sole 13 is preferably provi( ad, this being of such size that it lies within thc inwardly turned portion 10 of 'the upper with its edge close to the of the portion l0, and this insole maybe secured to the sole G in any suitable manner. if desired, hmvever, the edge of the `in-solc IIB may be .nladc thinner than the body-portion thereof and' may be arranged lo overlic the ,inwardly turned portion ylt! of the upper'. Preferably thc parte are so shaped and proportioned that the upper of the shoe adjacent to the portion l0 extends outwardly over the strip 7 sccured to the .sole and the edge of the foot of the wearer orel'lics thc strip 7 so that a` portion of the xt'cight of the wearer hears downwardly 'upon the strip l and the undcrlying projections ll. ln rthis way, the securing devices are held more securely in coaction and allidanger of detachment of the scouring devices while the shoe is in usc, effcctually prevented.

1While the construction above described is that which l prefer to em1'iloy,'l wish it un-` derstood that it may hc modilicd in various respects without departlng trom the mvcn tion, and that such modilicd constructions arc included within the broader claims up# Thus, the sceau-.lng devices pcndcd hereto. on the upper may dc dlllcronily loi-med so that a sli-ip is presented for roaction with and forth uponiitself; in such a, strip, a.

vinner edge to the bottom o f the upper.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:-

l. A shoe comprising an upper, a sole and enacting securing devices permanently af-Y fixed to the upper and sole for detachably securing them together, said devices permitting the sole and upper to be disconnected by a movement of the devices aiiixed to the upper' inwardly in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the sole, sub-- stantially as sety forth. y

2. A shoe comprising an upper, a sole and coacting securing devices permanently affixed to the upper and sole fordetachably securing them together and permitting them to bercadily connected and disconnected as desired, said securing devices extending parallel to the edge of the sole but being lofatcd inwardly from said edge s0 vas to underlie the space within the shoe, substantially as set forth.

A shoe comprising an upper, a sole, a

pltn'ality of securing de'viccson the upper` movable relatively in a. direction parallel to-the plane of the sole, and coacting se 'curing means on the sole whereby the upper and sole may he dctachably connected, substantially as set forth. i

it. A shoe comprising an upper, a sole, a4

securingdevice secured to the solo, extend ing about the periphery thereof and haring its inner edge free therefrom, and securing devices on the upper adapted to coact with the inner edge of thc securing device on the sole,substantially as set forth.

A shoe comprising an upper, a. sole, a

iogahout the periphery thereof and having ils inner edge free therefrom, and a plurality ofrclativcly movable piojcctions"-`on the upper adapted 'to he inserted under thc inner edge of said device, substantially as set forth.

(l. A shoe comprising an upper, a sole, a plurality of proicctions permanentlyr cured on the upper and formed from a length of wire h v bendingvthesamc back and forth upon itself and asccuring dcvice on the solo with which said projections coactl to dctachably -connect the sole and flipper, substantially as set forth.

TIQA'shoc comprising an upper, a sole, a. pluralityof@` projections on the upper formcdfroiu Vlength of wire by bending the same bach and forth upon itself, `a

Abinding uiinrosecurcd to the inner ends of I. `saidtpl-elections, and a securing device on .securing device .seem-ed to the sole.` cxtcndthe sole with which said projections` coao't, substantially as set forth.

8. A shoe comprising un upper, a sole, a securing device secured to the sole, extending about the periphery thereof und having its inner edge free therefrom, au inwardly turned portion at the bottom of the upper, und uV plurality of relatirely-movable outwardly-directed projections secured to said 

